Mozart: Allegro, K. 497a, and Andante, K. 500a, in G Major for piano, four hands (February 18, 2007)Haydn: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20, No. 4 (December 17, 2006)Haydn’s sense of musical humor was legendary, and that jovial nature can be found in both the pieces on today’s program. Listen for the lurching bass line in the first movement of the Mozart, and the similarly surprising rhythm of the final movement in the Haydn quartet, a short upbeat pattern that repeats and gains speed steadily only to be abruptly halted at its apex.